#Accurate

Accurate 2520 is a smokeless powder with a long history in competition shooting. It has been used in competition rifle loads dating back to the days when .308 Winchester was still in common use. With the recent shortage of Varget, is Accurate 2520 worth a new look?

Western Powders is preparing to publish their very first, full-fledged reloading book. For those who are unaware, Western Powders owns multiple, reputable companies within the reloading industry that you probably are already using.

In examining the future of infantry capability, we must not only be aware of potential technological solutions, but of the need to re-think and re-work what it means to train and prepare troops for future battlefields. At the core of this is the simple matter of man and rifle, of marksmanship.

Australian rifle company Lithgow Arms has introduced a new rifle for the precision rifle shooting (PRS) market. Called the LA-105 Woomera (after an Australian aboriginal type of general purpose atlatl or spear thrower), it is based on the Lithgow Arms LA102 centerfire bolt action rifle, but further accurized and fitted with a Kinetic Research Group developed chassis that is similar to both the Whiskey-3 and X-Ray chassis. The chassis features a simpler stock like the X-Ray, but M-LOK mounting points on the forend similar to the Whiskey-3 and Bravo chassis.

In this episode of TFBTV, James uses a Caldwell Lead Sled DFT with an FN M4 (14.5″ barrel) and FN M16 (20″ barrel) to informally test the myth that longer barrels are more accurate. In this test, James uses four different types of inexpensive 55gr range ammo (courtesy of Ventura Munitions) – CBC 55gr M193; Wolf Gold 55gr; Wolf Polycase 55gr, and; Georgia Arms reloaded 55gr. Which comes out on top? The longer or shorter barrel?